Device for coaling ships.



B. M. GILLESPIE.

DEVICE FOR COALING SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-27, I914.

1,178,849. Patented Apr. 11,1916.

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B. M. GILLESPIE.

DEVICE FOR COMING SHIPS APPLICATION FILED MAR.27. 1914.

1,178,849. Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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' TE STAT a BOYD M. eI iLEsrIn, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

DEVICE FOR COALING SHIPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

. Application filed March27, 191 4. Serial- 1310. 827,711.

coal can be supplied to the ship with a minimum expenditure of labor and in an 7 expeditious manner.

Another ob ect of the invention is the provision of apparatus of this character in which means are employed to prevent'the undue scattering of dust during the opera tion of transferring the coal fromthe apparatus to the ship or receiving vessel. 1 7 Another object of the invention is the provision of apparatus of this character which will consist of a hopper and a superposed track structure, the latter being designed to permit of the travelof ordinary railway dumping cars thereover and the bodies in which the bottoms thereof are of 1 supporting structure of the track being such that thecars when dumped will cause the coal to be properly-directed to the receiving hopper. V a

Another object of the invention is the provision of apparatus of this character which will accommodate itself to various types of cars such as cars in which the bodies thereof are adapted to dump to the side or substantially hopper formation and provided with discharge gates by means of which the contents of the car can be dropped in a vertical direction.

With these and other objects in view, the I invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the apparatus; Fig. 2 is a transverse section therethrough; Fig. 3 is an end view of the apparatus; Fig. 4 is a side view of the discharge chute of the apparatus, showing the protecting shield at the outer end of the chute engaged over the frame of the opening in the hold of the vessel, so as to prevent the scattering of the during the transshowing the shield adjusted to an inactiveposltio-n; andyFig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 4. Y

ferring operation; Fig. 5 is a similar view,

The apparatus consists of a structure 1 in V the form of a shed which is provided with a plurality of hoppers-2, 2. At thistime it is preferred to mentionthat each of the said hoppers 2 is of'a length which will permit it to accommodate materialdischarging from p a number of cars above the hopper, but each of these hoppers discharges into a common chute 3 which leads to one side of the structure 1, and which isextended at a down:'

the point where itis to be conducted.

superposed i relative of the hoppers 2- -2 ward angle from the bottom of the hopper so i f that the coal will discharge by gravity to track structure 4, the rails'5, 5 of which are 7 supported upon cross ties 6, that are mounted at appropriate intervals upon longitudie nal beams 'or supporting'girders 7. These girders are supported upon vertical stand ards 8,'which may. rise from the bottom'of the structure 1 or which may. be secured upon thestructure in any suitable well known manner... Thewalls of. each of the hoppers 2, 2 merge toa common point,

namely, thatof the bottom of the hopper,

and it is to be assumed that each hopper is to accommodate the materialifiowing or discharging from four or any desired number of cars. The carshownconventionally at 9.in Fig. 3 is of the tilting body type and when in a discharging position assumes the. angle shown indotted lines in Fig. 2. In order to prevent the undue scattering of the material as it is discharged from the car body to the hopper and with a view to directing the. ma-. terial to the hopper, I provide for each car a'pair of deflecting or guard hoods 10, 10 respectively arranged at the opposite sides of the track structure. Each of these hoods is provided with an open side 11, an open bottom 12 and a curved deflecting wall 13, v

the lower end of the latter being disposed wholly within the planeof the sides of the adjacent hopper 2 of the shed 1. By providing hoods 10,10 as just referred to, the cars in which some of the bodies tilt in an opposite direction to others will be properly accommodated as will be understood. Each hood has a length suliiciently exceeding that of thecar, so that when the body of the lat- 75 i and mounted in the shed or structure 1 is a through the door opening 12 at the end of the shed and run over. the structure 4 and positioned with such respect to the hoods 10, 10 that will insure a proper delivery of the coal to the receiving hoppers 2. The door opening 12 may be closed by sliding doors 13 13 or any other suitable well known means. Some dumping cars are provided with hopper bars provided with gates or swinging doors that are adapted to be opened so as to permit coal to be discharged in a vertical direction. The space between the rails 5, 5 will accommodate this type of car and the ties 6 are spaced at suchdistances from each other so as to prevent accumulation of material beneath the cars during the dumping of the material.

The structure herein referred to is intended for the delivery 01 coal to ships and through the arrangement of the chutes 3 it is seen that their outer ends may be extended into the openings in the hold of the vessel, as shown in Fig. 4. The frame '14 of the opening in the hold or coal bunkers extends usually beyond the side of the vessel, as at 15. In order to prevent the objectionable scattering of the dust created by the discharge of the coal from the hopper of the loading apparatus to the ship I provide each of the chutes 3 with a shield 16 supported upon the chute by a driven axle 17. The chute is provided with a driving axle 18, and the latter carries a sprocket gear 19, which is connected by a chain 20 to a similar gear 21 on the driven axle 17 The gear 19 is provided with manipulating means in the form of a handle 22, which may be operated manually if desired so that the chain 20 can be propelled, and as a consequence thereof the shield 16 may be moved to any of its required positions that may be necessary. The shield is provided with sides 23, 23 of substantially V-form that are adapted to extend downwardly over the sides of the chute when the shield is in th e position shown in Fig. 4. The sides 23, 23 are connected by a top wall 24, that is adapted to extend over onto the projecting portion 15 of the frame 14. In this manner the space above the chute and immediately adjacent the frame 14 is closed and the flying dust is held against accumulating upon the vessel.

1 claim V I r In a device of the class described, in combination a hopper, said hopper having spaced longitudinal 'walls, a longitudinal series of transversely spaced apart bars secured at opposite endsupon the upper edges of said walls, a pair of tracks supported upon said bars longitudinally between the ends of said bars, two longitudinal series of spaced apart hoods, each 01' said hoods having sector-shaped side walls and a curved back, and having a plurality of said cross bars passing through their curved backs whereby to support the same, the angular corners of the sides of said hoods being disposed in line with said bars whereby the lower ends of said hoods will project into the upper end of the hopper, the corners 01' said side walls of the hoods being disposed adjacent the rails of said tracks.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BOYD M. GILLESPIE. Witnesses:

BRYANT "W. GILLESPIE, WILLIAM XV. KIMBLE.

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